. >> mcconnell, you say it's a battle for the soul of the ted cruz, rand paul. these guys were all backed by demint back in the day and are kind of pursuing his agenda in the senate even though he's left and has gone to the heritage foundation. >> jim, i have known him for a long time. she a grandof mean. he has been blamed by a great number of republican senators for being responsible for harry reid being the majority leader. the christine o'donnells that he pushed and supported and, of course, you can talk about richard mooredock, todd aiken, shaern engle. you can talk about all of these candidates that were just unelectable in general elections. they are seen by many republicans in the senate and across the country as basically the creations of jim demint. >> right. now, christine o'donnell is the perfect example of the self-enflicked wound -- self-inflicted wound. murdock, aiken and also sharon engel he never backed in the primary. many people kind of remember it that way. tech nextally, he didn't -- owe technically, he didn't back those candidates. there we